Lamp Cover Antenna Integration to Reduce Lighting Interference
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Solution Overview
Problem
The deployment of traditional base station and antenna systems is limited due to their large size and high costs, particularly in urban environments where space and budget constraints are significant, and existing solutions for lamp post-mounted base stations require customized infrastructure and higher costs.
Innovation Solution
An integrated system that combines an antenna with a lighting system, where the antenna's radiating element is attached to the protective cover of the lighting system, allowing for decoupling from the light source and other components, reducing interference and improving communication performance while simplifying deployment and reducing costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional base station and antenna systems are deployed, then communication coverage and power are sufficient, but dimensions and deployment costs are large and expensive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the antenna with the lighting system protective cover into an integrated structure. The radiating element is mounted on or integrated with the protective cover, eliminating the need for separate antenna installations and reducing overall deployment complexity while maintaining communication functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The lighting system protective cover serves dual functions: its original protective function for the light source and as a mounting structure or integral part of the antenna system. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional components and simplifies deployment infrastructure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If lamp post-mounted base stations are deployed with customized infrastructure, then deployment flexibility improves, but costs increase due to special lamp post requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The antenna-integrated protective cover can be installed on existing standard lamp posts without requiring customized infrastructure. The design adapts to conventional lamp post dimensions and mounting mechanisms, eliminating the need for special ordered lamp posts while maintaining deployment flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The antenna system utilizes the existing protective cover structure of the lighting system as its mounting platform. The protective cover's inherent structural properties are leveraged to support the antenna, eliminating the need for additional specialized mounting hardware or infrastructure modifications.
3Device complexity
If antenna is integrated closely with light source, then structural integration is simplified, but interference between antenna and lighting components increases
Solution Approach 1:
The radiating element is positioned on the outer surface of the protective cover rather than inside the lighting system housing. This extraction from the internal lighting environment maintains integration simplicity while eliminating proximity to interference-generating components such as the light source and electrical wiring.
Solution Approach 2:
The protective cover itself acts as an intermediary structure between the antenna and the lighting system components. It provides physical separation and electromagnetic shielding, allowing the antenna to be integrated with the lighting system while minimizing harmful interactions through the cover's material properties and geometric positioning.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This integration facilitates easier installation, reduces production and maintenance costs, and enhances communication performance by minimizing interference between the antenna and lighting system components, offering a more flexible and efficient deployment option for wireless communication networks.
Implementation Method 1
the radiating element converts the electrical signal into an electromagnetic wave, and propagates the electromagnetic wave into space
Implementation Method 2
the radiating element converts an electromagnetic wave propagated in space into an electrical signal
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AI summary
The present invention discloses an antenna, a lighting system, and a communications system. The antenna includes a radiating element and a feeding unit. The radiating element is configured to perform conversion between an electromagnetic wave in space and an electrical signal in a circuit, and the feeding unit is configured to transfer the electrical signal between the feeding unit and the radiating element. Particularly, the antenna is integrated with a lighting system, where the lighting system includes a protective cover and a light source disposed inside the protective cover. Both the radiating element and the feeding unit of the antenna are integrated with the protective cover of the lighting system. The radiating element is attached to a surface of a cover body of the protective cover that is in a forward direction of the light source. One part of the feeding unit is integrated with the protective cover, and is electrically connected to the radiating element, and the other part of the feeding unit supports an electrical connection to a signal processing device.